June 19, 2014—MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that tracks the influence of money in politics, announces the launch of an extensive mapping project examining the geographic origin of contributions to legislators by state; contributions from companies to legislators by state; and roll call votes by state and district on key bills in Congress. For the first […]
Are You Ready for Some Futbol? A Panoramic View of the World Cup with Esri Story Maps
The 2014 FIFA World Cup begins later this week in Brazil, and Esri has created a collection of interactive maps to enhance the perspective of the world’s largest sporting event. 2014 US World Cup Roster Explore the hometowns of the 23 men named to Team USA’s roster and learn more about their professional soccer experience. […]
Enhanced Sea-level Prediction System to Improve Coastal Flooding Plans
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – As the Gulf Coast begins another hurricane season, researchers with the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will be improving the data collection system to allow for more accurate planning and predictions for flooding and sea level rise. CBI has been awarded $1.35 million […]
The Internet live, in one real-time infographic
The Internet is a big, big, big place. In the 200 seconds I watched the “Internet in real-time” infographic, Google ran almost a million searches and sucked up over $300,000 in revenue. Facebook users uploaded over a terabyte of data, liked something over 10.5 million times, and posted 11 million items.People watched 78,385 hours of Netflix […]
INFOGRAPHIC: Storm Surges, Front and Center of Hurricane Preparedness
Storm surges should be a top priority when it comes to tropical-storm preparedness, as the 2014 hurricane season outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration points out. This explanatory infographic from RMS, the leading catastrophe risk management firm, puts storm surges into perspective. This is particularly important for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, […]
Getting the Dirt on Soil–USGS Releases National Maps of Elements and Minerals in Soil
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a set of maps depicting the distribution of selected chemical elements and minerals in soils across the country. Understanding the composition of soil is important for a variety of reasons. Specialists in agriculture and food safety find soil data useful because soil is the source of most biologically active trace elements […]
Blue Raster – Suitability Mapper: Finding Sustainable Palm Oil Sites
The power of GIS as a tool to help manage our planet’s natural resources is limited only by the insightfulness of our questions. Fortunately, more timely and detailed data becomes available every year, so we are free to ask an ever-wider range of questions, such as: In relation to agriculture, what factors affect our ability […]
One City One Pride Story Map
GOLDSBORO, NC – Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) is proud to announce the release of the One City One Pride Story Map for the City of West Hollywood. Each year, the City of West Hollywood celebrates Pride month through the artistic contributions of the community with the One City One Pride Arts Festival. The arts festival […]
Top 10 New Features in MAPublisher 9.4 for Illustrator
What do the USGS, Bloomberg, USA Today, the United Nations, the National Park Service, the FBI and others have in common? All of these well known orgs rely on MAPublisher software from Avenza systems to help them create and author awesome maps for their clients, customers, and the public. At R. 9.4 MAPublisher boasts loads […]
Esri Story Map Maps Landslide Incidence and Risk in the US
This map shows landslide suspectibility and incidence data from the USGS, which says this 1982 map was not intended to show landslide areas. Areas with low landslide incidence have been omitted. See which areas of the country have a moderate or high risk or incidence of landslides in the US and learn more about the […]
